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Q.1The ability to use symbols to represent actions objects is_____?

(D)
Q.2Basic structure or framework that exists in a persons mind to organize and interpret information is_____?

(C)
Q.3A search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment is____?

(B)
Q.4Assuming that others experience the world the way you do is_____?

(B)
Q.5The state when a person realizes that his or her current ways of thinking are not to understand a situationis_____?

(C)
Q.6 View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building knowledge and understanding is____?

(B)
Q.7The characteristic of an object stays the same even through the object might change in appearance_____?

(C)
Q.8A mental process that occurs when a child adjusts to new information is____?

(D)
Q.9Psychologists define heredity characteristics to newborns from their as transfer of_____?

(D)
Q.10Changes by which mental processes become mor complex is____?

(A)
Q.11Changes in body structure and function over time is____?

(A)
Q.12Orderly adaptive changes individuals go through fr conception to death is_____?

(C)
Q.13The learner and learning theories are studied in_____?

(A)
Q.14The discipline concerned with teaching and lear processes, applying the methods and theories psychology is____?

(D)
Q.15The immediate awareness of any object is_____?

(C)
Q.16The process in which human organism become favourably related to the environment is____?

(B)
Q.17The age of 3-6 years are narrated by Erikson in his theory of Psychosocial Development is concerned with the stage_____?

(D)
Q.18Process through which experience causes permanent change in knowledge or behavior is called_____?

(C)
Q.19Edward Thorndike is known due to his contribution for_____?

(C)
Q.20A child acquires the ability to solve abstract problems in logical fashion in the period of_____?

(A)
Q.21The age of 6 12 years as narrated by Erikson in his theory of Psychosocial Development is concerned with the stage_____?

(A)
Q.22Wechseler Scale is a test to measure____?

(C)
Q.23The logical, goal directed action of a child start at the stage_____?

(D)
Q.24 Try to understand something new by fitting it what is already known is_____?

(D)
Q.25The term growth is used in purely sense

(C)
Q.26 Educational psychology revolves around three area the learner, the learning process and____?

(A)
Q.27An individual who is socially mal adjusted develty 12 behavior____?

(A)
Q.28 Those relatively stable and permanent aspects of individuals which make them unique but which also allow people to be compared with each other define____?

(D)
Q.29Moral development involves____?

(B)
Q.30The central concept in Freud's psycho-analytical theory is____?

(D)
Q.31LO of 7 years old child with an M.A of 8 years would be placed in I.Q distribution table as____?

(D)
Q.32Identical twins are not identical in_____?

(A)
Q.33Cognitive development deals with the development of_____?

(C)
Q.34Control is an important characteristics of_____?

(D)
Q.35The growth and learning of a child is affected by_____?

(C)
Q.36WAIS is the intelligence test for_____?

(A)
Q.37The age measured by an intelligence test is called_____?

(C)
Q.38An internal state of mind of a person, which force do something and that is aroused as a result of internal need of the person is called_____?

(D)
Q.39The subject matter of educational psycholog inferred from?

(A)
Q.40Jean Piaget was born in?

(C)
Q.41How would you define psychology?

(C)
Q.42When do we learn better according to Thorndike's Laws of Exercise?

(B)
Q.43 What type of health of a child is of utmost importance that an elementary school teacher should keep in mind for the growth of the child_____?

(D)
Q.44 I.Q. is an index of______?

(C)
Q.45 Mental age of a child is a measure of______?

(B)
Q.46Ahmad is bright, Akbar is dull. They are now six years of age, as they grew older, the difference in their L.Q. will probably_____?

(D)
Q.47 Intelligence test measure_____?

(D)
Q.48 Which is measured by in intelligence______?

(B)
Q.49 Intelligence as presently defined is synonymous with_____?

(A)
Q.50The mental development is closely parallel to increase in_____?

(D)
Q.51The most fundamental agency in the life of boys girls is_____?

(B)
Q.52The best known study on social development is that_____?

(D)
Q.53 The greatest degree of insecurity is due to_____?

(D)
Q.54 The first emotional expression to appear in infants is_____?

(D)
Q.55Emotional response to symbolic stimuli is primarily the result of_____?

(C)
Q.56An emotion is best defined as_____?

(D)
Q.57At birth, which of the following is closest to its final adult level_____?

(C)
Q.58 At birth, the average weight of a full term baby is______?

(B)
Q.59Change in behaviour result from_____?

(A)
Q.60The interest of boys in sports reaches its peak in_____?

(A)
Q.61The most of the differences in interest are due to the difference in______?

(D)
Q.62Which come third in series in Malsow's classification_____?

(A)
Q.63Belonging, affection and status are best classified as______?

(A)
Q.64 Motivation is best defined in terms of_____?

(B)
Q.65 A need is to hunger as a stimulus is to_____?

(A)
Q.66A need is to food as a motive is to_____?

(C)
Q.67If a student has an age of 11 years, from psychological point of view he/she is placed in_____?

(D)
Q.68Behaviorism is associated with_____?

(D)
Q.69The discipline of Psychology is_____?

(B)
Q.70Educational Psychology is the branch of_____?

(C)
Q.71First book on psychology was written by_____?

(D)
Q.72Learning means_____?

(A)
Q.73Physical growth is affected by_____?

(C)
Q.74According to Maslow, the most important are_____?

(D)
Q.75Stimulus that strengthens the response of an organis IS_____?

(C)
Q.76Alfred Binet worked on______?

(C)
Q.77Concept of discovery learning was given by______?

(D)
Q.78 Hierarchy of needs was presented by______?

(A)
Q.79Theory of moral development was presented by_____?

(D)
Q.80The theory of psychosocial development was presented by_____?

(C)
Q.81"Mos" means______?

(D)
Q.82The word "moral" is derived from Latin word______?

(B)
Q.83 "Emovere" means______?

(D)
Q.84The word "emotion" is derived from the Latin word____?

(D)
Q.85Thinking and reasoning is the characteristic of______?

(A)
Q.86The main characteristic of formal operational stage is_____?

(D)
Q.87Mental development reaches at its climax during______?

(A)
Q.88In concrete operational stage, child_____?

(D)
Q.89Child begins to understand the principles conservation at______?

(A)
Q.90In preoperational stage, child learns rapidly_____?

(C)
Q.91 Cause of frustration is______?

(D)
Q.92Projective techniques are used to measure_____?

(D)
Q.93Cognitive learning theory was presented by______?

(C)
Q.94Response plays a dominant role according to______?

(A)
Q.95 Stimulus plays a dominant role according to______?

(B)
Q.96Learning by insight theory is also called as_____?

(A)
Q.97 Pavlov's work was with_____?

(B)
Q.98Trial and error theory was presented by_____?

(C)
Q.99 Which school of thought Sigmund Freud belongs to______?

(C)
Q.100Semantic Memory is_____?

(B)
Q.101Theory of self-actualization and sense of Identity Presented by_____?

(A)
Q.102Translation of concrete experiences, development logical thinking are given by______?

(A)
Q.103Experiments on learning by insight were performed by____?

(B)
Q.104Logical thinking according to Jean Piaget starts a stages of_____?

(D)
Q.105Perception and attention play major role in______?

(D)
Q.106Which is not the type of memory_____?

(C)
Q.107Founder of socio-psychological development was_____?

(C)
Q.108Who was the first psychologist______?

(C)
Q.109Which is the basic (Born) Emotion?

(B)
Q.110The learning method that is associated with observing of behavior of others is called_____?

(C)
Q.111The pioneer of identifying individual differences was______?

(C)
Q.112At which stage of cognitive development (piagetian) the child develops object permanence_____?

(D)
Q.113Hierarchy of needs was presented by______?

(B)
Q.114The process of helping individual make life adjustment at home, school and other phases of life is called

(D)
Q.115The process of Adaptation in piagetian Cognit Development theory is______?

(D)
Q.116Model of eight types of learning was designed by_____?

(C)
Q.117Piaget presented the theory of_____?

(B)
Q.118Which is basic (born) emotion?

(D)
Q.119The ability to think in novel and unusual ways is called_____?

(A)
Q.120Interests, skills. attitudes, appreciation, achievements are primarily the product of_____?

(B)
Q.121Law of learning associated with Reinforceme Operant Conditioning is_____?

(D)
Q.122Carl Rogers presented_____?

(B)
Q.123The name of the psychologist who said that most of the fears of human beings are Conditionally Learned_____?

(D)
Q.124Founder of the Intelligence Tests was_____?

(D)
Q.125Laws of learning were founded by____?

(D)
Q.126Cognitive learning theory is known as_____?

(D)
Q.127The I.Q of the gifted children is_____?

(A)
Q.128Psychoanalysis, a school thought in psychology was introduced by_____?

(C)
Q.129Age of pre-operational stage in piagetian cognitive Development theory is_____?

(B)
Q.130Psychology is the study of_____?

(C)
Q.131Face to face relationship in which one tries to solve th problem of the other is called_____?

(A)
Q.132Guidance is helpful in_____?

(D)
Q.133Who developed the first intelligence test_____?

(D)
Q.134First intelligence test was developed in_____?

(C)
Q.135Who is considered the father of guidance_____?

(B)
Q.136Guidance in education started in_____?

(C)
Q.137Stern formula to determine I.Q is_______?

(B)
Q.138Stern formula to determine I.Q is_______?

(B)
Q.139I.Q stands for_____?

(C)
Q.140The characteristics of pre-operational stage is______?

(C)
Q.141The characteristic of sensory motor stage is______?

(D)
Q.142In cognitive development, adolescence is beginning of______?

(A)
Q.143In cognitive development, late childhood is______?

(D)
Q.144In the cognitive domain, early child hood is_____?

(C)
Q.145In cognitive domain infancy is the stage of_____?

(B)
Q.146"Out of sight, out of mind" is the characteristics of_____?

(B)
Q.147Cognitive development means_____?

(C)
Q.148Development means change in_____?

(D)
Q.149Growth means an increase in_____?

(D)
Q.150Who says "Man is a conscious animal"_______?

(D)
Q.151The word psychology is derived from______?

(B)
Q.152The meaning of the word psychology is______?

(A)
Q.153Which type of growth of child is important______?

(D)
Q.154The IQ of mentally retarded child is______?

(B)
Q.155The LQ of average child is_______?

(C)
Q.156Who did discriminate the personality characteristics traits______?

(D)
Q.157According to Roger, in problem solving the most important is______?

(A)
Q.158The founder of client centred therapy was_____?

(C)
Q.159According to humanistic approach, nature of man is_____?

(D)
Q.160The founder of Huministic Approach is____?

(A)
Q.161Concept of meaningful learning through structure content and discovery was presented by_____?

(D)
Q.162Concept of Meaningful learning through perception presented by_____?

(B)
Q.163Which one is not positive reinforcement____?

(A)
Q.164Change in behaviour is due to reinforcement in____?

(A)
Q.165Operant conditioning was presented by____?

(C)
Q.166Stimulus is necessary for response in______?

(B)
Q.167According to behaviourism, which one is important for change in behaviour_____?

(A)
Q.168Permanent change in behaviour as a result of experience is______?

(B)
Q.169Emotional development is effected by_____?

(D)
Q.170Whose role is important in moral development_____?

(D)
Q.171Child thinks logically in_____?

(D)
Q.172Child describes himself unsystematically in_____?

(C)
Q.173Child forgets the things out of sight in_____?

(B)
Q.17427. Period from 12 years and onwardin development is______?

(A)
Q.175Period starting from 7-12 years in development is_____?

(D)
Q.176Period starting from 2-7 years in cognitive developme_____?

(C)
Q.177Period starting from birth to two years in cognit development is_____?

(B)
Q.178How many stages of cognitive development ar described by Jean Piaget_____?

(A)
Q.179Cognitive development deals with_____?

(B)
Q.180Which one is not the environmental factor____?

(D)
Q.181Which is not the hereditary factor_____?

(D)
Q.182Period starting from 13 years to 19 years is_____?

(D)
Q.183Period starting from birth to two weeks is____?

(A)
Q.184Period starting from Zygote to 250-300 days is_____?

(B)
Q.185Sensory disabilities are studied in_____?

(A)
Q.186Growth of children is studied in____?

(D)
Q.187Study of behaviour under controlled conditions is______?

(C)
Q.188Method in which keen study of any event or be is made is_____?

(B)
Q.189Variables other than, independent variable whic effect dependent variable are called______?

(B)
Q.190The variable which is effected by independent var is called______?

(C)
Q.191The variable whose effect is sought is called_____?

(A)
Q.192Classical conditioning was presented by_____?

(B)
Q.193How many factors effect growth_____?

(B)
Q.194Life of an individual starts from______?

(C)
Q.195Independent variable is applied to______?

(B)
Q.196Child Development study is useful for_____?

(B)
Q.197How many groups are usually made in Experin method______?

(D)
Q.198Concrete Operation occurs at the age of_____?

(D)
Q.199The founder of Behaviourism is_____?

(D)
Q.200The ability to solve problems or to adjust in the new environment is the definition of______?

(C)

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